I’m not very informed on modern China and there’s a ton of sources accusing China of killing and even harvesting organs from Uyghurs and Falun Gong believers.

Is there any truth to those claims or is it all pigpoop ?

  • Ericthescruffy [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I’m pretty convinced its all bullshit, but:

    Especially now more than ever: In my interactions with people on this subject I usually try to avoid framing it in the question of whether or not its true because IMO it doesn’t ultimately matter.

    Even if you accept the Uyghur genocide itself as entirely true for the sake of discussion: the past few weeks should really clarify how much any and all moral outrage around it has been entirely cynical bullshit.

    -If you stand with Israel in this situation then full stop you don’t actually give a shit about the lives of Muslims and you only scream about the Uyghurs because you want a cudgel to use against China.

    -If you stand with Palestine in this situation then you have what should be a clear and self evident obligation to address the genocide your own government is actively funding and facilitating before you get involved in whatever the hell a foreign government is involved in. We have absolutely no moral leg to stand on regarding the Uyghurs until then.